Symptoms of lung fire

Lung fire is actually a pathological concept in traditional Chinese medicine. When the lungs cannot perform their physiological functions normally, symptoms such as coughing and dry mouth and tongue will appear. Generally speaking, lung fire is divided into false fire and real fire, and the diagnosis and treatment methods are also different. If the lung fire is not serious, it can be relieved by eating some heat-removing foods. If the condition is serious, it is best to take Chinese medicine or other medicines for treatment.

Lung fire is a concept in the pathogenesis of traditional Chinese medicine. It refers to the syndrome characterized by a series of heat symptoms such as dry mouth, cough, sore throat, etc. that appear when the body is affected by exogenous pathogens or internal injuries caused by the seven emotions, which affect the normal physiological function of the lungs. "Getting angry" is a special term in traditional Chinese medicine. If you experience symptoms such as dry and sore throat, dry cough, red eyes, hot nasal cavity, dry mouth and tongue pain, sore mouth corners, nosebleeds, toothache, and dry stools, Chinese medicine believes that these are symptoms of "getting angry". "Getting angry" can be divided into real fire and false fire, and lung fire can also be divided into false fire and real fire. When the lung heat is extreme and turns into fire, it is real fire, and when the lung yin is deficient and generates fire, it is false fire. Therefore, the clinical manifestations of lung fire can be divided into lung yin deficiency syndrome and lung excess heat syndrome.

Lung excess heat syndrome is mostly caused by exposure to external pathogens. For example, wind, cold, heat, dampness and dryness among the six evils can all transform into fire (that is, the five elements transform into fire). It can also be because the body has strong yang energy, and the emotional factors such as joy, anger, thinking, worry and fear can transform into fire under certain conditions (that is, the five emotions transform into fire). The heat of fire causes the evil heat to accumulate in the lungs, and the lungs lose their ability to clear and purify themselves, resulting in the syndrome of lung meridian excess heat. Lung Yin deficiency syndrome is mostly caused by long-term cough that damages the lungs and the lung Yin; or due to exogenous febrile disease that damages the lung fluid; or other strains that lead to insufficient lung Yin and failure to clear and purify, resulting in symptoms of lung failure to clear and purify and internal heat due to Yin deficiency.

Clinical manifestations

Whether it is real fire or false fire, the lung fire may cause dry cough with little sputum, dry mouth and throat. However, if the heat is too strong and burns the lung meridian, the symptoms of real heat in the lung may also include fever, thirst, yellow sputum, sore throat, constipation, yellow urine, mouth ulcers, red tongue with yellow coating, and rapid pulse. While the symptoms of lung yin deficiency may be accompanied by dry throat, obvious dry mouth at night, little and sticky sputum, fever in the five hearts, night sweats, red tongue with little coating, and thin and rapid pulse, which are the manifestations of insufficient lung yin.

prevention

1. People who are prone to getting angry should eat a light diet, eat more vegetables and fruits containing vitamins, drink more water, smoke and drink less, exercise appropriately, and keep the bowels open.

2. Pay attention to seasonal changes and adjust your diet structure appropriately according to climate characteristics, especially in the hot summer and autumn seasons. Do not eat spicy, fried, or greasy foods to avoid generating heat. Try not to rest too late to avoid wasting yin essence and aggravating the inflammation of the virtual fire.

3. When symptoms of lung fire appear, if the symptoms are mild, you can choose to eat pears, water chestnuts, loquats and other cool foods, or use chrysanthemums, honeysuckle, Ophiopogon japonicus, monk fruit and other sweet and cold foods to make tea. If the symptoms are severe, you must go to the hospital for symptomatic treatment.